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Forman, Evan M.; Davies, Patrick T. – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2005
Background: Although delineating the processes by which children appraise the family as a source of security from their collective experiences in the family subsystem has assumed center stage in many conceptualizations of child development, the dearth of measures of child adaptation in the family system has hindered empirical advances. Therefore,…
Descriptors: Security (Psychology), Conflict, Caregivers, Validity
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Koren-Karie, Nina; Oppenheim, David; Dolev, Smadar; Yirmiya, Nurit – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2009
In the current study we examined the links between maternal sensitivity and children's secure attachment in a sample of 45 preschool-age boys with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). We hypothesized that mothers of securely attached children would be more sensitive to their children than mothers of insecurely attached children. Children's attachment…
Descriptors: Mothers, Autism, Attachment Behavior, Pervasive Developmental Disorders
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Fiese, Barbara H.; Winter, Marcia A.; Wamboldt, Frederick S.; Anbar, Ran D.; Wamboldt, Marianne Z. – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2010
Background: Respiratory problems have been shown to be associated with the development of panic anxiety. Family members play an essential role for children to emotionally manage their symptoms. This study aimed to examine the relation between severity of respiratory symptoms in children with asthma and separation anxiety. Relying on direct…
Descriptors: Observation, Diseases, Family Relationship, Severity (of Disability)
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Rutter, Michael; Kreppner, Jana; Sonuga-Barke, Edmund – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2009
Background: Despite the evidence on anomalous attachment patterns, there has been a tendency to interpret most of these as reflecting differences in security/insecurity. Methods: Empirical research findings are reviewed in relation to attachment/insecurity as evident in both infancy and later childhood, disorganised attachment, inhibited…
Descriptors: Security (Psychology), Attachment Behavior, Mental Health, Mental Disorders
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Rutgers, Anna H.; Bakermans-Kranenburg, Marian J.; van Ijzendoorn, Marinus H.; van Berckelaer-Onnes, Ina A. – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2004
Method: Sixteen studies on attachment in children with autism were reviewed, and ten studies with data on observed attachment security (N = 287) were included in a quantitative meta-analysis. Results: Despite the impairments of children with autism in reciprocal social interaction, the majority of the studies found evidence for attachment…
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Autism, Interpersonal Relationship, Interaction
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Van IJzendoorn, Marinus H.; Juffer, Femmie – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2006
Background: Adopted children have been said to be difficult children, scarred by their past experiences in maltreating families or neglecting orphanages, or by genetic or pre- and perinatal problems. Is (domestic or international) adoption an effective intervention in the developmental domains of physical growth, attachment security, cognitive…
Descriptors: Intervention, Academic Achievement, Adoption, Cognitive Development
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McCartney, Kathleen; Owen, Margaret Tresch; Booth, Cathryn L.; Clarke-Stewart, Alison; Vandell, Deborah Lowe – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2004
Background: The purpose of the present study was to test a maternal attachment model of behavior problems in early childhood using phase I data from the NICHD Study of Early Child Care, a prospective study of 1,364 children from birth through sixth grade. Methods: Mothers' and caregivers' ratings of children's internalizing and externalizing…
Descriptors: Security (Psychology), Behavior Problems, Mothers, Caregivers